I hope I can explain this clearly. I've got a user control that is dynamically loaded into an ASPX page. The control has validators on it that verify various fields ...

perhaps my understanding is still coming along, being new to OO, but why are UserControls abstract by default in VS.net? i thought abstract meant a class that could only be used as a parent and not ...

To fully exploit User Controls, you need to treat them as object -- which includes having them fire events. If firing your own events is new to you, here's a step-by-step guide. In an earlier column, ...